The Talk Show

The Talk Show

The Talk Show features discussion about technology, Apple, Mac, iPhone, iPad, movies, directors, and the Web. It’s America’s favorite podcast. Hosted by Dan Benjamin & John Gruber.

The Latest The Talk Show Episodes

#77: Caviar and Champagne

February 1, 2012 at 5:00pm • 1 hour 41 minutes

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the evolution of MacWorld|iWorld, the evolution and future of cameras and camera makers, the Y-Combinator startup caught red-handed, Final Cut Pro Updates, laptop bags, Super Bowl winners that make John sick, the inevitable Facebook IPO, search engines, and Apple factories.

#76: The Stink of a Loser

January 24, 2012 at 3:00pm • 1 hour 32 minutes

John and Dan discuss Thorsten Heins and the future of RIM, Verizon’s new numbers, the camera-less Singaporean iPhone, Zeldman’s accident, and the iPad 3 rumors.

#75: A Mute Point

January 18, 2012 at 2:00pm • 1 hour 27 minutes

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the iPhone ringer switch, the behavior of switches and buttons on smartphones, how many levels of volume you need, dedicated camera buttons, keyboards, Apple’s upcoming education event, and some of the most important follow up ever.

#74: Don't Hide the Apple Monkeys

January 11, 2012 at 3:45pm • 1 hour 38 minutes

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about every single interesting thing at CES, employees and monkeys that Apple sends to the show, Steve Jobs’ education pre-announcement, more iOS multitasking, taking Samsung into Enderle territory, John’s predictions for 2012, Bond on Blu-ray, quantum leaping back to high school.

#73: A Donkey's Got Nothing To Lose

January 4, 2012 at 4:00pm • 1 hour 32 minutes

This week, John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the TSA, Siracusa’s and The New York Times’ possessives, financial transaction processors, Apple Geniuses killing flies with flamethrowers, an Apple announcement in New York, coin-op games, and bring the episode to a shocking conclusion.

#72: H.R. Fluffypuff

December 23, 2011 at 4:45pm • 1 hour 29 minutes

This week, John Gruber and Dan Benjamin wonder about girl hobbits, updating HR FluffyPuff to Ice Cream Sandwich, transforming tablets, RIM and Baghdad Bob, all the Kindle Fires under Christmas Trees, John’s driving record, and John makes someone a millionaire with whiteout diamonds.

#71: Hashcow

December 14, 2011 at 2:00pm • 1 hour 41 minutes

This week, John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about John’s appearance On The Verge, the new Apple Store in Grand Central Station, John’s pro-fact bias, rooting for underdogs, laggy interfaces in Mac OS X and Android, new Twitter, the titles and bits of Bond films, and Louis CK’s indie content and success.

#70: Pre-Lit

December 7, 2011 at 2:00pm • 1 hour 34 minutes

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about CarrierIQ, the Penny, Starbucks, Apple’s Grand Central Terminal Store, The Verge, Johnny Carson on David Letterman, the Apple TV rumors, and more.

#69: Half Wacko

November 30, 2011 at 1:00pm • 1 hour 45 minutes

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss game consoles, Retina Displays coming to the the iPad 3 and future MacBooks, a 15-inch MacBook Air, Zuckerberg’s apology, the Carrier IQ scandal, the allure of free shipping, and the demise of Hypercard.

#68: I Skip the Turkey

November 23, 2011 at 2:00pm • 1 hour 35 minutes

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about the evolution and failure to evolve of print media as it tried to move to the web, independent and corporate journalism, the beginnings of Daring Fireball, classifieds, good vs. bad sponsorships, Android’s lack of traction, the tablet industry, and Thanksgiving around the world.

#67: Half-n-Half

November 16, 2011 at 3:00pm • 1 hour 30 minutes

Dan Benjamin and John Gruber discuss the new AIM, MUJI gloves, the Kindle Fire, Steven Levy, the Macintosh llci, iTunes Match, the promised revamping of the Netflix iPad app, Siri and more.

#66: Stuck Watching the Seahawks

November 9, 2011 at 1:00pm • 2 hours 3 minutes

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss iCloud, streaming movies, Adobe killing Flash for Mobile, the future of the television industry, satellite TV and the NFL, the new Apple Store App and making purchases, and the Steve Jobs biography.

#65: Nerdy Stripper

November 2, 2011 at 5:30pm • 1 hour 49 minutes

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about the new Siri ads, compare iMacs and Mac Pros and discuss whether the Mac Pro is going away, christen the Most Serious Mac Gamer in the History of the World, Apple’s new In-Store pickup and changing Org Chart, Gmail, GoogleTV, the decline of Sony and HP, what printer John should buy, and iPhone 4S battery life.

#64: They Had to Burn the Sheets

October 27, 2011 at 4:00pm • 1 hour 49 minutes

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about Richard Stallman, the Apple TV (and possible iTV), cable cards, cable television and network controls, iCloud, Dropbox, and plan for an upcoming episode about the Steve Jobs biography.

#63: Skyping a Deuce

October 19, 2011 at 1:00pm • 1 hour 20 minutes

John Gruber gets tech support from Dan Benjamin with AirDrop and the Finder’s sidebar before discussing Markdown, Siri, Apple’s earnings announcement, why John doesn’t carry business cards, the Roboto typeface, Dropbox, iOS Twitter integration, the Çingleton Symposium, Badger Face, the Galaxy Nexus, iPhone cases, and more.

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